Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 26 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 26 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Oct 1, 2020, 11:04 PM AKDT (07:04 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 100 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-10-02 07:04:47 UTC
Depth
20.5 km (12.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.616° N, 163.341° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
13

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 82 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.821 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.326 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.931 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 24 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 3.235 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 1.724 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.826 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 1.822 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 36 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.567 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.585 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.998 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 1.811 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.9122 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.743 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 2.483 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 48 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 1.964 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 2.191 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 1.780 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 1.722 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 96 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 2.330 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 157 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 1.718 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 103 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 1.795 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 1.624 km S of False Pass, AK · 2180 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  29. 3.7100 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 3.791 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.641 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 94 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 1.914 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 108 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 1.794 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 2.835 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  35. 2.058 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 89 km deep · 34 km away
  36. 2.663 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 2.0119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
  38. 2.845 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  39. 2.598 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 1.529 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  41. 2.699 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 3.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 2.6109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 1.977 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 2.927 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 77 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 2.178 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 2.583 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 2.0104.4 km NNW of False Pass, AK · 2159 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 2.7Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
  50. 2.173 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
  51. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 1.613 km ENE of King Cove, AK · 2158 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 2.031 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
  54. 1.855 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 2.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 85 km deep · 30 km away
  56. 2.173 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  57. 2.541 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  58. 1.917 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 2.076 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 2.999 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 82.

Before

  1. 2.684 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.741 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 45 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 2.817 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 86 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 1.983 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2193 days ago · 78 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 2.568 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 1.998 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.391 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.196 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.081 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.012 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.112 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.215 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 131 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.611 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.696 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 3.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 3.0112 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 3.0104 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.6104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away

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